Billiard cue



Jan,` 6, 1925.

A. CLAXTQN ET AL BILLIARD CUE Filed Nov. 28. 1921 Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFricE.

ARTHUR CLAYTON AND GEORGE W. BRITNER, OF SAN FRAN-CISG@V CALIFORNIA; SAID BRITNER ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS ENTIRE RIGHT' TO SAID CLAYTON AND ONE-HALF OF HISv ENTIRE RIGHT TO AMANDA HANFO-RD AGOSTINI, OFBERKELEY,

CALIFQRNIA.

BILILIARD GUE'.

Application filed' November 281, 1921.

To all' l1/om 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR CLArroN and Gnomi: Vir. BRITNER, citizens of the United States, residing at San Francisco, county of San Francisco,y State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Billiard Cues; and

we do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the. characters of reference. marked thereon, which form a. part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in cues such as are used in playing billiards or pool; the principal object of the invention being to provide a cue constructed in such a manner that the player cannot lose his stroke or aim against the ball by placing the weight of the body on the cue or gripping the same too tightly with the hand used to make the stroke or impart the necessary movement to the cue.

Relaxation and not tenseness of the inuscles is the aim of good players and is necessary, with the present style of cues, in order to insure good shots This same eli'ect however' is gained by the use of our improved cue, even wit-hout the desirable but sometimes hard to attain relaxation of the muscles as will be evident hereinafter.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects we accomplishy by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of ref erence indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. l is a side view of our improved cue..

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial section there- Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the 00 numeral l denotes thel outer or tip end of the cue, secured in the usual manner to the rear portion 2, these portions together being practically one, and whose total Serial No. 518,238'.

length is that ofthe com-plete cue, which increases in diameter from tipl to butt, as is customary.

A certain dista-nce from its connection: with the member 'l the member 2 is reduced in diameter to forni aicylindrical portion 3, having a constant diameter throughout, and which exten'ds'to the rear end vor butt of the cue, on which portion isv turnably mounted a sleeve 4, this sleeve" being' of the length necessary to form the handle portion and having its outer periphery continuous with the outer surface of the main member 2.

To prevent undesired removal of the sleeve, a butt-plate 5 is provided at the rear end of the same which is provided with a polygonal-sided projection 6 which is socketed into the adjacent end of the portion 3, so that the butt-plate cannot turn. This plate in turn is held in position by means of a screw 7 which passes through the plate and into the portion 3, or by any other suitable means, the plate and member 3 abutting against each other so that tightening of the screw cannot pinch the sleeve.

Rubber or similar gaskets or washers 8 are placed between the butt plate and the sleeve, and between the latter and the shoulder formed by and between the portions 2 and 8. v

In operation then, no matter how hard the handle-sleeve may be gripped by a novice or a nervous player, the tensional strain induced by such grip is removed from the main portion of the cue itself, thus allowing for the stroke to be free and as aimed at the ball.

This same principle of construction may also be applied to fountain pens and other articles whose users are accustomed to grip them with suiiicient tenseness to spoil the efiicient operation of the implement.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that we have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

Vhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A billiard cue comprising a main cue member having a reduced portion at one end, a handle turnably mounted on the reduced portion, and a butt plate of greater diameter secured to and abutted against the outer end of said reduced portion, the latter being of greater length than the handle whereby the butt plate cannot be advanced into frictional engagement With the handle.

2. A billiard cue comprising a main cue portion having a reduced portion at one end, a` handle turnably mounted on said reduced portion, the latter extending` beyond the outer end of the handle, a butt plate of great-er diameter than said reduced portion abutting against the outer end ot the latter, means formed With the reduced portion and plate for preventing rotation of the latter, and means for removably holding the plate in position.

3. A billiard cue comprising a main cue portion having a reduced portion at one end,

a handle turnably mounted on said reduced portion, the latter extending beyond the outer end of t-he handle, a 'butt plate of greater diameter than the reduced portion abutting against the outer end of the latter, a fiat sided projection extending from the inner end of said plate and adapted to seat in a recess provided in the outer end of the reduced portion and a screw projecting through the plate and into said reduced portion of the cue.

l. A billiard cue comprising a main member reduced in size at one end, a handle turnably mounted on the reduced portion; a butt plate of greater diameter than the latter positioned at the outer end thereof, a Hat sided projection extending from the plate into a recess provided in the outer end of the reduced portion, a screw holding said plate to the cue, yand means then prevent ing pinching of the handle between the plate and main cue portion.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

ARTHU'R CLAYTON. enonen W. Barrique. 

